# Eating Raoul (1982 cult film)

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**Created:** [September 21, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-raoul-1982-cult-film/796854 "2017-09-21T04:09:11Z")\
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Saw it when it first came out in the theatres and was in my top ten for quite some time.

> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> I remember the scene where Bartel’s character was picking up props from an X-rated store, and the **manager** kept trying to upsell him on the raunchier stuff.

That [douchebag](https://youtu.be/jbY6QIJJWYg?t=3324) ruled, totally.

_A spurned, trying-to-be-psychedelic-hip Ed Begley Jr:_ “Ok you’re bumming me out…I’m trying to play ball with you…I’m trying to play the game…I’m trying your lingo, I’m trying your jargon, but you’re making me uptight…You really thing I’m an uncool dude? An un-hip daddy? Just because I have a ronson lighter and a couple credit cards? You think I’m an uncool dude?”

Ah, [domestic bliss](https://youtu.be/jbY6QIJJWYg?t=1204).

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